Monday is the final day to help sponsor those in need through Christmas Cheer.

Listed below are a few of the cases available for sponsorship through the Onslow Christmas Cheer program. An experienced sponsor coordinator can help match the resources of a potential sponsor with the cases available.

For more information about these cases, or if you wish to consider sponsorship, call the AT&T Sponsor Line at 910-616-4343. The deadline for sponsoring a family is Monday, Dec. 10.

Christmas Cheer also accepts donations. The most urgent need is for toys and food, according to organizers.

For information about donating or volunteering, call 910-938-HELP.

29263: Single mother, 32, recently lost her job and is requesting any assistance with Christmas for her 14, 7 and 4-year-old sons, as well as her 11-year-old daughter.

29938: Mother and son escaped abusive relationship where the son was denied food and slept on floor in deteriorating house. Currently staying at homeless shelter, she is seeking Christmas remembrance for the 15-year-old son while others try to help find housing and assistance for the pair.

29241: Single mother, 37, has been battling cancer for four years and is asking for assistance for her 17-year-old son and her 11-year-old daughter. The family has been homeless but is now living with a friend.

29540: Disabled mother of three living in the Hubert area is asking for toys and food for her children. One daughter has leukemia and her son has problems with asthma on top of just having heart surgery. The mother is unable to work because of the childrenís health problems and her PTSD. Daughters are ages 14 and 10 and son is aged 8.

29094: Single 70-year-old female is requesting assistance for the holidays. Her social security check is barely enough to pay her monthly bills.

29136: Senior citizen couple living on fixed income indicates she is in peril of losing her home due to not paying her mortgage. She is asking for help with the mortgage and also for food and personal items. Both are in their late 70s and are unable to work. They live in the Southwest area.

29664: 53-year-old man is the only member of this family and currently has no food, no money and no job. He would very much like to be adopted for Christmas, because he has also lost his mother and father.

29591: Maple Hill family with much tragedy now trying to support daughter who is in college. Has 17-year-old in school and 20-year-old in Coastal. The family has been able to help themselves for some time, but has returned to ask for help in providing food and items for the daughters. The family had lost their home in Hurricane Floyd flooding and had lived in shelters for a time but now have their home back.

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29249: Single mother of 9-year-old son is asking for food, clothing and toys. Mother is currently unemployed and is trying to keep a roof over the familyís head.

29266: Mother of boys is single again after a second failed marriage. She is the sole provider for the children. She is asking for help with items for her sons ages 16, 11 and 9.

29426: Single mother taking care of her children and her sisterís children as she had a stroke at age 25. Her former husband pays the rent but provides no child support for her children. She works low income job to provide for everyone. She is asking for help for the sisterís children, two boys ages 2 and 4, and for her children, girl age 2 and boy age 1.

29131: 68-year-old woman asking for help with food for Christmas week. Lives in the Richlands area and is on disability.

29334: Disabled couple in their 60s with significant medical problems says they are absolutely broke. They say they have to pay people to take them to the doctor and other locations and have no money for any Christmas on their own. Asking for food and any remembrances.

29881: Large family with father of children frequently hospitalized and out of work. Mother works but income has not been enough to offset the loss of the fatherís income. He is unlikely to return to work soon as he has had surgery to remove his pacemaker and is recovering from that. Mother seeks help with providing Christmas items for the children, girls ages 12, 13 and 15 and sons ages 9 and 10.

29067: Grandmother left with four children as parents of children are both incarcerated. Children have been with her for more than a year and she works low income position to provide for them and her husband whose job ended last year when his company shut down. His health is not good and he stays home and takes care of the children while grandmother works. The family is asking for help in providing for the children: boys ages 16 and 8 and girls ages 12 and 6. Family lives in the Southwest area.

29895: Working father has diabetes and significant expenses as a result. Mother of their 5-year-old unable to find work and family is asking for help with items for their child saying the insulin has been very expensive for the family.

29066: 98-year-old Richlands woman lives alone with support from public assistance. Asks for food and clothing. The committee believes she would be a good candidate for a visit by a family.

29273: Single mother, 26, has recently found a house to rent after her home was foreclosed on after the husband left the family. Her three sons, ages 7, 4 and 3, are in need of clothes and gifts for Christmas.

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29069: Family of five with 8-year-old daughter and 6-year-old and 4-year-old sons needs help with Christmas. Father is currently unemployed due to caring for disabled wife.

29082: Unemployed, homeless and victim of domestic abuse, mother of two girls is seeking help with items for her children. Under care of the Onslow Womenís Center, the 32-year-old has a 4-year-old and a 3-year-old daughter.

29953: Single mother with three children recently moved here due to domestic violence in the home. The children have endured much in the past and she would like for them to have a nice Christmas. Son graduates from high school and leaves for the Navy in the summer. Asking for help for the younger children and food for the family. Son is aged 17; daughters are 11 and 13.

29061: Single female, 49, is a cancer patient and traveling for chemotherapy in Greenville. Recently separated after 30 years of marriage, she is seeking assistance for clothes and food during the holidays.

29598: Single mother of three just wants her children to have something for Christmas. She is unable to provide for her 11-year-old, 8-year-old and 6-year-old sons. Childrenís father does not provide any support during the holiday season.

29217: Disabled female veteran suffers from her condition while trying to work simple job and take care of two children. She must frequently visit doctors and with hours cut at work her financial condition has deteriorated. She seeks help with Christmas for her two daughters, ages 10 and 14.